Surzhikov (mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) examines the numerical modeling of gas-discharge phenomena in gas flows. Referring readers elsewhere for the physical and chemical kinetics of the gas-discharge plasma, he limits the discussion to the physical mechanics processes and so is able to treat problems of electrodynamics and physical mechanics of discharges together. Interest in studying electro-discharge effects in subsonic, supersonic, and particularly hypersonic gas flows has arisen over the past decade, he says, because of attempts to develop hypersonic flying vehicles. He covers elements of the theory of numerical modeling of gas-discharge phenomena, numerical simulation models of glow discharge, and ambipolar models of direct current discharges. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
